Composer(s): Wagner, Richard
Lyricist(s): Wagner, Richard
Conductor(s): Segerstam, Leif
Label: Naxos
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.557326-27
Barcode: 0747313232628
Distribution Note(s):
CD available only in Scandinavian countries
Release Date: 01/2003

WAGNER, R.: Opera Choruses (Royal Swedish Opera, Segerstam)

After Handel’s death in 1759 his assistant, the younger John Christopher Smith, continued the tradition of regular oratorio performances. For some of these occasions he compiled new works, making use of the Handel manuscripts he had inherited. The 1769 oratorio Gideon, with a new libretto by Handel’s former collaborator Thomas Morell, uses music largely drawn from Handel’s work, sacred and secular, with a lesser number of elements by Smith himself. It deals with Gideon’s destruction of the idol of Baal, the defeat of the Midianites and the miracle of the fleece.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Eliasson, Goran (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
1Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Finale17:02
Eliasson, Goran (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Eliasson, Goran (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
2Tableau II: Chorus of Norwegian Sailors and Girls18:25
Eliasson, Goran (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
3Tableau III: Chorus of Norwegian Sailors and Girls12:36
Eliasson, Goran (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
4Act I Scene 310:29
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
5Act II Scene 4: Procession into the Hall of Song06:16
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
6Act III06:53
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Disc 2
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
1Act I Scene 304:39
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
2Act II Scene 308:32
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
3Act II Scene 4: Bridal Procession06:26
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
4Rienzi, Act II: The Messengers of Peace11:27
Cleveman, Lars (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Forsén, Lennart (bass)
Eleby, John Erik (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
5Act I: The Journey to Montsalvat23:47
Forsén, Lennart (bass)
Eleby, John Erik (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
6Act II13:17
Forsén, Lennart (bass)
Eleby, John Erik (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:19:49